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Widows' killings linked to appetite for land, not witchcraft, say groups

Catherine Nyamato of Federation of Women Groups, Alice Chae, former Nyamira Woman Rep and Dr Kerubo Abuya of Viongozi wa Utu Initiative during a press conference in Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Human rights defenders have called for an end to the killing of old and poor widows in Kisii, under the guise that they are witches. 

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